Monroe Street School

Monroe Street School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Monroe Street School, September 2012
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Location	1100 West Monroe St., Salisbury, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°40′24″N80°29′6″W / 35.67333°N 80.48500°W / 35.67333; -80.48500
Area	1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built	1923 (1923), 1941, 1960
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	04000463 [1]
Added to NRHP	May 19, 2004

Monroe Street School, also known as J.C. Price High School and S.E. Duncan Education Center of Livingstone College, is a historic school building located at Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was built in 1923, and is a three-story, Classical Revival-style red brick building. It was damaged by fire in 1941 and rebuilt. A cafeteria addition was completed in 1960. The school originally served as Salisbury's only African-American public school. It was originally named J. C. Price High School, but the name was changed in 1931 with the construction of another school given that name. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Mattson, Alexander & Associates, Inc. (December 2003). "Monroe Street School" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved February 1, 2015.